Publications by authors named "K Sawchuk"
Introduction: Through interviews with 148 older persons from four countries and in four languages, the content for a 17-item measure of active living was developed. The purpose of this paper is to present further evidence of the extent to which this new measure, Older Persons Active Living (OPAL), is "fit-for-purpose" for measuring the extent of active living at one point in time.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out on a population aged 65 + and living independently, drawn from a participant panel, HostedinCanada, sampling people from Canada, United States, United Kingdom, and Netherlands.
Article Synopsis
- The project aimed to create a measure called Older Persons for Active Living (OPAL) that reflects what matters to older adults, as many do not identify as "patients" and want to remain active.
- Content was developed through interviews with older people from various countries, resulting in thematic analysis to synthesize their views on active living.
- The final measure identified 17 important "ways of being" that highlight the active lifestyle preferences of older adults, while emphasizing the need to account for cultural and linguistic differences in the development process.
Introduction: Remote digital assessments (RDAs) such as voice recording, video and motor sensors, olfactory, hearing, and vision screenings are now starting to be employed to complement classical biomarker and clinical evidence to identify patients in the early AD stages. Choosing which RDA can be proposed to individual patients is not trivial and often time-consuming. This position paper presents a decision-making algorithm for using RDA during teleconsultations in memory clinic settings.
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